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...financially, while it will remove all clashing of interests and allow to each paper its own separate field. The Lampoon represents our wit, the Advocate our wisdom, and THE HERALD-CRIMSON our news. That there is room for literary merit in the columns of a college daily is our firm conviction, and we shall, while refraining from trespassing on the grounds of the Advocate and Lampoon, endeavor to combine prose, poetry, and news in such proportion as will be acceptable to our readers for their daily edification and enjoyment. In conclusion we would say that the columns of THE HERALD...
...cannot be had at present, unless provided by the liberality of some one interested in the game. Next year probably no challenge cups will be provided, and there seemed to be no prizes this spring. However, the meeting was very successful, and the association seems to be on a firm footing. The executive committee of Harvard will in future appoint our representatives...
...distinction becomes readily apparent between the former cases and the present one. We see that they were all fairly representative men of good character and honorable repute; men who, it was confessed, had added to the good name of the Commonwealth. Never before has the case arisen where a firm stand could be taken as regards a man's public life and character; never before has a decision been made on a man for whose record any apology could be asked or offered. So although precedent of a kind is easily brought forward why a degree should be conferred...
...writer comes to the conclusion that "the idea of the American college, the idea of orderly training in fundamental branches of learning, partly for the sake of storing the mind with useful information, partly for the development of physical, mental and moral training, seems to stand as firm as ever;" and that "the increase of wealth, the progress of science, and the advancement of religious freedom, though temporary disturbing agencies, are likely to be factors of permanent good...
...passing the new rules in regard to the holding of courts. It is hoped that all will second heartily the endeavors of the association. By the new arrangement our tennis affairs can be brought into a systematic form this spring, and next fall the association can start on a firm basis. The rules for the tenure of courts can then be perfected and any new measures that seem advisable can be introduced...